Women will be allowed to fight in combat alongside their male counterparts. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced plans to lift the ban barring women from battle during a Pentagon news conference today. The dissolution of a longstanding gender barrier will open upwards of 230,000 combat positions for women in the military.
With no partisan agenda, as both he and Mitt Romney have suspended their campaign efforts for the day, President Obama gave a somber address to the nation Tuesday (Sept. 11) in commemoration of the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that took the lives of more than 2,000 people. Speaking from the White House, the […]
The controversial president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, was confronted by a Fox News reporter after his speech to the United Nations last week. Speaking through a translator Chavez called the people from Fox News stupid, but not the reporter talking to him specifically. Although he did say the reporter’s mind had “many confusions.” At a […]
